Quotes About Vulnerability

It is like any sport. You practise thousands of times and you miss the simplest ball and you don't understand why. But that's why snooker is so special, because all of sudden you can lose everything.

I've sort of accidentally put myself in this position where I opened up the story of my life, and of course people want to reciprocate and open up to me. I'm OK at it, I don't make people feel worse, but it's strange to find myself in this role, all of a sudden, that I never would have pursued.

People in extreme conditions are suddenly naked, realer than normal, perhaps even more alive.

And in the middle of one of those scenes, I suddenly felt my heart just open: it was overwhelming, to the point where I got teary-eyed. Never would I have thought anything like that could happen in a love scene.

That scene in 'The Purge' where my kids, Mary's kids, are in danger was really crazy for me, because I suddenly... I have my methods as an actor, so I went to the place of 'If somebody came near my children, with bad intent?'

Sometimes, it is precisely when you discover that you are living very happily that you suddenly find yourself in danger. To be happy means to discover that you are exposed to being hurt.

The sad thing is that apparently if you want to become the next Premier or the leader, suddenly you've got to shut down your human side.

You can be cocky and confident, but when you start developing feelings for someone, suddenly your self-esteem drops a bit.

It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you.

That might have a lot to do with it, but you know, I probably don't show fear, but I suffer from fear like everyone else.

When you're on stage singing, you're naked. Your voice is something very intimate, and that's why I'm scared every time before I perform. It doesn't matter if I'm singing for a king or a queen or the Pope, it's enough to be in front of anybody. I suffer, but I can't do anything about it.

I think we could very easily suffer a seriously catastrophic cyber event.

I'm very, very sensitive to pain and to people who suffer.

The reason so many intelligent and creative people suffer from depression is that when you take the risk of being fully conscious, you open Pandora's box, and you can't close it again.

I can only be myself, and if I have to suffer for that, that's okay, because to pretend to be somebody else - I tried that, it's terrible.

I suffer anxiety and a lot of insecurities, depression and stuff.

I'm open that I suffer from really bad IBS and I think people get really embarrassed about stuff like that.

Social media is all about presenting the happiest, most positive version of yourself to the world. I'm here to say that we all have bad days and that it's easy to feel isolated - but the truth is that beneath the sassy facade all girls suffer from the same insecurities.

I can't properly explain it, but I don't mind admitting I suffered a breakdown.

I've suffered too much to hide my feelings.

The floods and fires and storms and droughts that Australia has suffered in the last few years have left no doubt in many Australians' minds about just how much is a stake in a super-heated world.

Well, unless you've suffered from panic attacks and social anxiety disorders, which is what I was diagnosed as having, it's hard to explain it. But you go on stage knowing you're actually physically going to die. You will keel over and die.

I have some great stories. But I am also very human, and I suffered an awful lot.

We are never so defensless against suffering as when we love.